Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-21
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

! Rain.
| II don come
] The streets ere dusty.
J Oranges ripening in every door-vard.
Stone sidewalk-raising is all the craze.
A number of Eastern people are in town.
Sacramento gossips have two delicious
| morsels.
The electric street railway is to be built
right off.
DINING, the celebrity, will be in Sacra-
mento to-day.
The repairing which the Yolo bridge has
been undergoing is completed.
The Harbor Commissioners paid 81 900
into the State Treasury Saturday.
The railroad companv's pile-driver is re-
pairing the track and wharves OF the river
front.
Rev. F. A. Horton will lecture at Y. NJ.
G. A. Hall tonight on Be Good to Your
self"
1t is now an assured fact that General
McCemb will succeed Shirley as Warden
at the San Quentin Prison.
1t is said that Aull, and not Filcher. will
be the successor of General McComb as
Warden at the branch prison at Folsom.
The charter members of the Catholic
Ladies Aid Society will hold meeting at
No. 7l24 ] street, tomorrow evening at 7:30
o'clock.
The sale of Highland Park Tract lots on
Saturday evening was not SO good as was
expected, although many LOIS were dis
posed of.
The Sacramento Hussars will give their
twenty eighth annual concert, ball and ex-
hibtion drill on Wednesday evening, No
vember sd, at Turner Hall.
A Chinaman was found dead near Fol-
som yesterday. 1t is thought he was muir
dered. Coroner Clark will go up TO Folsom
this morning TO investigate the matter.
Fathers have been known to give $4,000
to any one to marry their daughter, but
Sacramento merchant sees that and goes
him one better. He offers 5000 to any one
who will marry his servant-girl.
The storing of the text books in the State
Capitol building is running all the carpets.
Secretary of State Hendricks is making
kick about it. He says that building was
never intended for storehouse.
A husband started for the lodge. Wife
followed. Saw him enter lodgings of a
grass widow. Waited for him. When he
came out wife took two shots at him. Thing
hushed up. Divorce suit will follow.
Saturday and yesterday there arrived at
this city the steamer San Joaquin, No. 4,
from San Francisco; steamer Varuna from
the upper Sacramento, and the d. E.
knight past through en- route to Marys-
Vile.
Resolved, THAT TO be first-class ball
tosser is preferable to being an able jurist."
That is the question that the Brighton
debating society discussed Saturday even
ing. Alter warm debate it was decided
affirmatively.
The Governor Saturday pardoned Ed
ward Friel, who was convicted of burglary
in this city in 1885, and sentenced to five
years in the State Prison. The prisoner is
in the last stage of consumption, and
desires to die outside the prison walls.
The trial of the Hobson libel suit at Au-
burn was concluded on Saturday. The jury
rendered a verdict that it was not satisfied
beyond a reasonable doubt" that the
Court had jurisdiction, and this dismissed
the case in Placer county, without the
merits OF the case being passed upon.
Two men were arrested Saturday night
for fast driving on street. They had Toe
much LIQUOR aboard and ran into a buggy
in which was riding a man named Shep-
pelham and lady. All four parties were
thrown out, but luckily escaped any serious
injury. The buggies were badly democrat
lied.
Judge Armstrong has concluded to stop
little of this divorcing business, and pro-
poses to observe that time-honored injunc-
ton, Whom God hath Joined together let
no man put asunder.' On Saturday he
denied the application of Maria Dasson-
vile for divorce from her husband, A. A.
Dassonville.
The average signal service temperature
Saturday was 560 being 20 warmer than
the normal for that day. The
highest and lowest temperature was
72o and 400, with gentle variable winds
and clear weather. The average tempera-
ture yesterday was 54o being 70 warmer
than the normal for that day. The high
est and lowest temperature was &c and
800, with light northerly Winds during the
day, and calm at night, weather clear.
All day yesterday the o street horse cars
were not in operation because of blockade
on O street. near Tenth. A large house
was being moved along this street to be
placed on a lot on the north side of o
stree, between Tenth and Eleventh. c., n
siderable difficulty vas found in turning
the house to place it on the lot, and as it
was on the car track travel on the same
was interrupted. A large gang of men
worked day and night Saturday and yes
terday trying to remove the obstruction. 1t
is thought that the house will be moved
sufficient to allow travel to be resumed to-
day.
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